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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 27 (UPI) -- Dario Franchitti started his defense of his IZOD IndyCar Series championship Sunday with a convincing win in the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Franchitti, of Chip Ganassi Racing, busted past pole-sitter Will Power after a restart on the fifth lap and never looked back, turning in a dominating performance in the season-opening IndyCar event.
He was out of the top only during his two pit stops, finishing 7.2 seconds ahead of Team Penske's Power.
Tony Kanaan of KV Racing Technology-Lotus came in third, holding off a hard-charging Simona de Silvestro down the stretch.
De Silvestro, meanwhile, notched a career-best fourth-place finish and Takuma Sato rounded out the top five finishers.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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UPI horoscopes for Saturday, June 2, 2012.
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